Johnathan McCarty (August 3, 1795 – March 30, 1852) was a

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. Born in

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, McCarty attended the public schools. He moved to Indiana in 1803 with his father, who settled in Franklin County. He engaged in mercantile pursuits. He served as member of the State house of representatives in 1818. He moved to

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. He served as clerk of the county court 1819–1827. McCarty was elected as a Jacksonian to the Twenty-second and Twenty-third Congresses and reelected as an Anti-Jacksonian to the Twenty-fourth Congress (March 4, 1831 – March 3, 1837). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1836 to the Twenty-fifth Congress. He served as presidential elector on the Whig ticket in 1840. He moved to

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, where he died March 30, 1852. He was interred in Oakland Cemetery.

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1795 births 1852 deaths People from Culpeper County, Virginia Indiana Whigs Indiana Democratic-Republicans Members of the Indiana House of Representatives Indiana National Republicans Jacksonian members of the United States House of Representatives from Indiana 19th-century American politicians National Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives 1840 United States presidential electors People from Connersville, Indiana People from Keokuk, Iowa {{Indiana-politician-stub